Europe is attacking Israel
Israeli ministers criticize the European Union countries in an unprecedented manner against the backdrop of European positions against the policy of the Israeli government .. The prevailing feeling is an ecstasy of unprecedented American support for Israel
The cancellation of French Prime Minister Edward Philippe on Wednesday, a visit to Israel next week, raised questions in Israel about the motive for this sudden cancellation, although the official reason contained in the French statement is "internal affairs." There are those in Israel who point to tense relations with Europe as being behind the cancellation.
How have relations been strained? The beginning of Europe's opposition to cancel the nuclear agreement, and then opposition to the American recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the transfer of the embassy, and then demand an investigation into the bloody events in Gaza, and now called for an investigation into the incident of a man breaking an Arab human rights activist.
On Israel's part, "Europe is against us in an unprecedented way." While the United States supports Israeli positions and focuses on Israel's right to self-defense, Israeli democracy is not deficient, the Europeans stress the excessive power of the Israeli army, and clamp down on its Arab minority with new legislative initiatives and the suppression of peaceful demonstrations.
The Israeli anger over European attitudes led to the insult of a senior minister in the Netanyahu government of the European Union - against the backdrop of the Union's demand to investigate the breaking of an Arab rights activist who accused a police officer of being behind the violent incident. "Let the hell go, .
In view of other statements made by Israeli ministers about the positions of the European Union, there is an Israeli consensus that the EU countries are biased against the Israeli narrative and are flirtatious. The Israeli response is, "We do not want lessons from a biased and arrogant Europe."
What is new in the Israeli deal with Europe is the abandonment of the diplomatic language, but political analysts, due to excessive self-confidence in the wake of America's blind support for Israel. Some analysts have warned that the euphoria of unprecedented American support could sign Israel into a "sin of vanity" and undermine relations with Europe.
They mention the huge trade relations between Israel and Europe and the importance of these relations to the Israeli economy, other than the Israeli-European cooperation in research and education within the framework of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Although relations have not yet reached the bottom, or a stage that threatens business relations, Israeli arrogance may be sliding into the worst.
It is also noteworthy that the Israeli Prime Minister will travel in early June to France to meet with French President Emmanuel Macaron, to discuss the US withdrawal from the nuclear agreement with Israel, and observers indicate that Netanyahu will try during the European meetings to improve relations before deteriorating further.
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